Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] from a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here I want to vary the times so that I hear from a true cross-section of our listeners , and those who listen to the graveyard shift , for instance , probably never hear the breakfast show . |
| 2 | I understand from a brief discussion that British Rail is reasonably happy with the Bill . |
| 3 | Oscar Wilde once said something marvellous , he said ‘ the nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously and have somebody find out ’ er I believe from a religious perspective that every good deed I know somebody finds out and that it 's , it 's not really lost . |
| 4 | I think from a financial point of view , what is er , of interest , and the economical use of these places as opposed to er , residential care , particularly specialist residential care , where p where we 're able to provide er , at a cost of eleven , about eleven thousand two hundred and fifty pounds per child , as opposed to what can be considerable expenditure on er , on specialist out-county places . |
| 5 | ( I quote from a written complaint received . ) |
| 6 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I come from a long line of knights and no-one ever told me . |
| 8 | ‘ I come from a small village in the far north of Scotland . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Because I come from a booky family , in some ways I 've taken writing for granted — it 's like coming from a family of butchers and going into the meat trade . |
| 10 | Now , there 's been lots of talk about gay and lesbian people not having no rights , I come from a Jewish society , I 've got people who suffer anti-semitic ri , feelings , there 's lot of erm multi-ra , ethnic majorities who cover on this programme , and I think that issue has to be looked at as well . |
| 11 | I come from a Jewish family which includes victim 's ; that picture of myself was a particularly horrible one . |
| 12 | I come from a military family , that is to say a family that has always followed the drum , and probably had to carry it too . |
| 13 | I notice from a recent survey that Labour has achieved 13 per cent . |
| 14 | " The old , old fashion " and " the older fashion yet " are the culmination of a chain of verbal echoes which begin , in Chapter 8 , with the mention of Paul 's having " a strange , old-fashioned , thoughtful way " , and which develop from a whimsical sign of his premature aging to a portent of his premature death . |
| 15 | The contracts which range from a new honey processing plant for Nestl in Manchester and a factory development for Bradford Soap Works in Chesterare spread throughout the North West , Midlands and Yorkshire . |
| 16 | There is one selective co-educational secondary school at Worcester College and a large all-age school at Exhall Grange , Warwickshire , both of which draw from a national catchment . |
| 17 | In like manner , the concepts studied in a Catholic context , will be ones which emerge from a Catholic understanding of religious and moral education . |
| 18 | Schmidt 's study differs from those discussed so far in that it does not quantify network structure at all , but uses the concept to account for differences between speakers which emerge from a quantitative analysis of linguistic data . |
| 19 | Schmidt reports two particularly interesting findings which emerge from a quantitative analysis of this mixed-code peer-group norm . |
| 20 | Perhaps the commonest explanation of the patterns which emerge from a stratificational analysis is that in the absence of opportunities to mark status by occupation , women resort to language . |
| 21 | De Matteo ( 1977 ) has argued that one has to understand sign language in terms of its visual imagery and he has particularly highlighted the syntactic devices used in ASL which derive from a visual representation of events . |
| 22 | In recent years the situation has become confused , because there are now exterior wood stains available , which differ from a true dye or stain , as they leave a coloured film on the surface of the wood and do not require another finish to be applied over them . |
| 23 | When adult , this type may be prone to violent rages and self-righteous anger , which seem to erupt for no apparent reason , but which stem from a desperate need for self-assertion . |
| 24 | Rothmans 's luxury products interests , which stem from a controlling stake in Dunhill , increased operating profits by £1.3m to Pounds 21.8m . |
| 25 | Its shares dropped 5 p.c. on news that the problems , which stem from a big push in the late 1980s for free-trade business , have worsened significantly since chief executive Peter Jarvis expressed concern at the interims last year . |
| 26 | Having himself come from a close family he did not at first regard his wife 's involvement with Chloe as unusual . |
| 27 | ‘ It is the most common form , an anti-parliamentarianism of crisis , a sudden flame of protest against the cronies who govern us , a deep desire , which come from a desperate belief that ‘ things must change ’ . ’ |
| 28 | If you suffer from a real lack of space , you can grow plants in grow-bags placed on window sills , or in minute patio or terrace gardens . |
| 29 | You can train to be a Navy Cook without any particular previous formal qualifications , although any knowledge you bring from a technical college will give you an advantage . |
| 30 | Do n't worry if you get cold feet at the end of June — you will soon be back on target knowing exactly what you want from a loving relationship . |